Ocean Therapy

Why Seaweed?

The sea has a relaxing effect on people. It is known that seawater and climate provide a good feeling, healing effect and a positive effect on the well-being of individuals. The concept of Thalassotherapy, which means “Thalassa” in Greek, officially emerged in 1867 but evidence has shown thalassotherapy was practised by the ancient Egyptians.

Nontoxic ingredients. Feed your skin Superfood in ionic form.

As the world’s first skincare line based on USDA certified organic seaweed, Seaflora aims to preserve and promote thalassotherapy: the healing powers of wild seaweed, marine minerals, ocean mud, and sea salts, for health and beauty.

We only incorporate whole, wild, raw seaweeds into our product line – no other company in the world meets this standard.

All Seaflora products begin formulation with a base of 100% pure, organic seaweeds to which organic plant botanicals and skin loving nontoxic ingredients are infused. Seaweed is full of humectants that draw in moisture from the environment, and of the many vitamins, vitamin E, is alsoexcellent for hydrating. Full chain amino acids in seaweed help your skin’s collagen production and elasticity.

Sea Salt

Natural salt is an essential element for the survival of not only humans, but of all animals and even plants. Use of natural salt is as old as human history. It is an excellent source of accessory minerals essential for health. Natural, unrefined sea salt is an important component of ocean therapy, and of Seaflora formulas.

Thalassotherapy

“The notion of going to the ocean for good health”

For thousands of years, the ocean has been a powerful life source to humanity, key to health, beauty, and relaxation. Thalassotherapy, the time-tested practice of ocean therapy, is derived from the Greek word meaning ‘sea’ or ‘ocean’. Thalassotherapy treatments replenish, re-mineralize, and revitalize to enhance good health and offer relaxation for mind, body and soul. Ocean therapy evolved to treat rheumatism, arthritis, joint troubles and injuries, as well as to promote beauty, anti-aging and to target chronic skin conditions.

Sea Water Minerals

Physiologically, the ocean contains all the necessary substances for human survival. The similar chemistry between seawater and our internal bodily fluids creates a seamless gateway for detoxification, re-mineralization, and hydration. The fluid in a mother’s womb, the saltiness of our tears, blood, and perspiration is the evidence to this natural connection. Seaflora’s mineral-rich seaweeds are incorporated fresh into all formulations, where the essence of ocean water is infused into each product.

Seaflora believes in ocean authentic, nontoxic beauty, free from the following commonly used cosmetic ingredients:

GMO’s

Artificial Fragrances

Petrochemicals

Dioxins

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Alcohol

Parabens

Propylene Glycol

Phthalates

Mineral Oils

Imidazolidinyl Urea

Aluminum

BHA & BHT

Triclosan

Coal Tar Dyes

Siloxanes

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Hexane

In France thalassotherapy has always been a treatment of choice for joint troubles, respiration issues, healing of wounds and bruises, and to preserve dermal youth. There is so much evidence of the health benefits of thalassotherapy that the treatments have been covered under their health care system for decades.

The first references to the curative uses of sea water came from ancient Romans in the fifth century B.C.E. In the following centuries, they built many curative facilities. In other words, spas, situated on coastlines!

Using a water heater, sea water and a vichy shower rail, thalassotherapy can be performed in any spa anywhere in the world. Using hot water dilates a person’s pores and blood vessels, allowing the skin to best absorb the bioavailable vitamins, minerals, and trace elements.

Treatments after heated sea water include sea mud and or sea salt exfoliation to detoxify. Seaweed wraps which allow the superfood and beautifying properties of seaweed to quickly enter and heal any ailments.

The principle is that repeated immersion in warm seawater, marine mud, and superfood, protein-rich algae helps restore the body’s natural chemical balance. Seawater and human plasma are very similar in terms of mineral content which means every cell in our bodies is continuously bathed in a substance akin to ocean water.

When immersed in warm seawater, the body absorbs the minerals it needs – trace elements of magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium, and iodide – through the skin. Different treatments have different effects, including pain relief, slimming and toning, detoxification, and relief of skin conditions like acne and eczema.

The pristine outer coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, is where Seaflora takes it’s roots, is one of the purest, untouched coastlines on Earth. Straight from the Salish Sea, seaweeds, sea mud, and sea salts are sustainably hand-harvested and minimally processed. Where we harvest we are surrounded by more American and Canadian National Parks than population.

Each product starts with a Wild, Organic, Seaweed Elixir. Yes, there is some ocean water in most Seaflora products, as all the seaweed we hand-harvest are full of sea water!

Thalassotherapy is a traditional, preventative therapy that emphasizes self-preservation treatments, curative holistic approaches and sits at the heart of the history of medicine, pharma curatives and spa techniques. Skin is your biggest organ, boasting the highest concentration of marine ingredients in the world – Seaflora Organic Thalasso Skincare feeds your health & beauty!